Ecosystems Vocab

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The nonliving parts of an organism's habitat.

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Abiotic Factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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An environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or decrease in size

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Limiting Factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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Breaks down biotic factor wastes and dead organisms returning raw materials to the ecosystem.

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Decomposer

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The role of an organism in its habitat.

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Niche

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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A relationship in which one organism is benefited and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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Commensalism

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A relationship in which both organisms are benefited by the relationship.

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Mutualism

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A relationship that involves one organism living with, on, or inside another organism and harming it.

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Parasitism

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A type of interaction among organisms

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Symbiosis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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The Community of organisms that lives in a particular area along with the nonliving environment.

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Ecosystems

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All the different populations of organisms that live together in an area.

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Community